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It's all in the wrist.
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This series is inspired by, and dedicated to, ~Slylock-Stock . See [link] for more words on my Homage series.
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Bill would like me to relay to you, that this is "good form!!" and is officially a fan of your work.
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Please tell Bill "Thank you very much". He is far too kind (since he and I both know that my forward leg is sloppy). But, as I am so fond of disclaiming, it's stock, for god's sake. And if we can't post a little (or, in my case, a lot) of slop in the name of art, beauty, and fun, then to heck with it!
Am i correct in assuming that we are talking about J.W. Haynes (W for William for Bill ??? ) If so, please tell him for me that we would like to see more of his own work, post freakin' haste!
If that is not who we are talking about, then I an denying all knowledge of this conversation... O.o
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Yes. J.W. stands for John William, and he has this tendency of reading over my shoulder, so he saw your thumbnail and went EE! and poked my moniter... He himself doesn't have a dA account because much of his artistic expertise is spent painting Space Marines, so he'd not seen your stuff before. He may just have run back to his computer to check it out. (he ran back to our room for whatever reason regardless. Kind of like a cat...he gets night crazies.)
And yes. There are plans (a request, actually) for Bill and I to pose as (and this makes me laugh) a pair of WoW warlocks "being snuggly and cutesy" while casting. I have the worst time doing that...so it should be a stitch. It should also be a stitch getting him into a wig..but its coming soon.
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I love his outfit
HE DIDN'T DROP HIS HAAAND!!!
That is one whimpy lunge... my trainer would be disappointed.
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Actually, seeing as that's obviously a lunge, it's not in the wrist at all. 
Still, it IS a nice-looking lunge. You want to hold your arm and wrist straighter, though. The idea is that the sword, your hand and your arm line up with your shoulder, which absorbs whatever resistant force you get from your target. Basically, it's like turning your arm into a spear. 
(I actually prefer not to get too technical with my swordplay, but that's sort of important since you can hurt your wrist otherwise.)
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Anders, dude, post some freakin' stock and show the kids how it's done. There's millions of kids on dA that long for technical correctness, and I refuse to give it to them. I will continue to hang from things and do queer Balinese dances.
They are ALL counting on you, man. DON'T LET THEM DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What, and have people even more anal then me point out how my stance is disastrous and everything else I suck at? No thanks.
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another nice stock. take at this humble stock [link]
you might like it. it is in the scrap by the way.
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Ahmed, you have some beautiful work all throughout your gallery. You also bear an uncanny resemblance to my co-host Marcus Torres on Cross-Cut (check it out: [link] ). I hope you'll consider posting some stock, you appear to have a knack for it. Best regards, Jade
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YOU are so right man
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A nice picture, but the pose is all wrong, and its not all in the wrist, its not at all in the wrist. Its mostly in the head actually, then the fingers, and then the legs. So where to start... Ok, the front lower leg has to be perpendicular to the ground, the knee shouldn't be infront of it, and most certainly not infront of the tip of the foot. The arm should be different, as it is a weapon with an edge (completely overlooking that its a shortsword and not a proper rapier or sabre, and thus way to short and unwieldy for fencing)...hmm a wee bit difficult to describe in text let me see, I guess I'll try it with some ANSII art, but beware I'm not the greatest at doing this, so it will keep to being a stick figure:
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Well as I said my ANSII sucks, but I haope to get the picture. And your body should stay facing your enemy, and your sword arm on the same level as your shoulder, not above or below it. And because your arm is too high your wrist is bent to low. Hmm have i forgotten anything else, oh yes, your right foot is not in line with your left heel, the way you are your out of balance.
But its a nice picture XD.
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Right on, my man, right on! Thorough and accurate analysis. I think the only thing you missed was the joke.
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well ya know, I got the joke, i just thought I'd help out if you'd ever would want to do a stock on fencing again and want to get it spot on XD.
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I concur, but it seemed the artist was going more for a "stylized" fencing shot, rather than accuracy. It LOOKS nifty, even if it's virtually impossible to recover.
But it DOES look all flare-y and dramatic. You know, what people associate with dueling and such.
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It's not kindness. It's a fact. I cannot be kind for stating a fact.
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Very gorgeous. You're a very gracefull man. <3 That's a very beautiful rapier, too. Great pose.
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Thank you, that's very kind.
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this is beautiful jade.
if you tell me to go to slylockstocks page, or mention that she or her brother inspired it, i will drive to florida and smack you upside the head.
maybe it's just because you're old, but you're awfully repititious.
i need to take some more stock so you will love me again.
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Thank you, my dear. Although I'm sure what you mean about being repititious. And while I'm on the subject, I've been meaning to note that I am NOT repeating myself. BTW, since I haven't mentioned it before, I am not repititious.
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Thank you. I had great inspiration from ~Slylock-Stock . I hope you will check out her pack that gave me these ideas. Well worth it.
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Thank you, my dear. It's especially nice hearing that from you.
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Jade...this whole series is phenomenal! I think S. may do some photomanipulations of these with hers. Its really too bad our light was so poor. Yours are very well lit. Time to get down to Home Depot!
What Mason gave up his sword to you? Those guys sure were big on regalia. A search of eBay showed up a few of these... Ours is from my grandfather who was busy inventing things when he wasn't being masonic. He was a founder of the Magnavox Company. A Latin scholar (can you tell?) and a much loved man. (Edwin S. Pridham)
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Why does it not surprise me that you have such interesting and accomplished forebears. I wish I had time to have more than a passing acquaintance with latin; as it is it's mostly just backtracking from the other romance languages I've had the chane to play with.
I do hope she will have the chance to do at least one composite of our images together, but she is a very busy young lady...
Thanks for the positive feedback, this series was very fun to do.
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Yay! It's all my brother's fault!
...or something to that effect.
Ok, story time: I was sitting around in an awesome costume, watching Phantom of the Opera. Mom called me to the computer, asking me if I'd seen this. I RAN outside, stepped on something painful in bare feet, nearly ran into two cobwebs with very big and ugly spiders, and then saw this.
I LOOOVE YOU GRANDPA! ^_^
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You were just sitting around in an awesome costume? What eating tater tots and fixing the lawn mower's engine? That's the best quote I've heard in awhile. if I ever need an adoptive familt I'm coming to your house
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^_^ That's because we're all insane. Mainly.
I should putter on down to Florida and be your adopted niece. Then we can fence (erm, you can help me because I'm more a pincushion then a fighter) and be real cool folks together! ^^ Yay!
I should bring my bro with me.
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Well, if you and/or your family are ever within a couple hundred miles, I hope you'll give the Shout Out! We'll fight. We'll leap off things. We'll have a special edition of Saturday Night Dance Party. We'll go to EPCOT and pretend to be French (for French face reference see HSL_3).
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Oui, vraiment! Mwahahah! *mad dance* We shall pillage and loot and burn and....! Mmmm, vikings.... *trails off into fantasy world*
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Rhymes with Papier Mache...yay!
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Ah, fighting away those ghosties again are we?
I really like this series!
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Thank you, I really liked Sly's series which made me want to do this one.
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Wohoo for fencing poses! I've tried it only once, and ended up theoretically stabbing my opponent in the hand, kidney, and crotch...(not on purpose of course). Talk about inadvertently dangerous with a bladeXD
I love the bent arm and leg in this pose. *clicks the linkage
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Thank you , dear. It's a shame those points weren't on purpose, would have been some good shots.
Can you tell me what this XD means [I'm so old and out of touch...)
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It's a squinty eyed laugh emote that I use FAR too much. I used to think it was an angry emote till my friend =kdeln addicted me to it. Now I cannot escape the squinty laughing emote as I do it FAR to often in real life.XD
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But is it a sqinty eyed cyclops? Hmmmmm.
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Ya know it DOES look like a cyclops.
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Thank you. I probably would never have thought to do it if not for Sly and her brother.
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